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Introduction to this page

The site download catalog is a menu of presets that can be used when downloading files from any space across the site.

The site download catalog will cascade down to apply to all top-level spaces, and their subspaces. This inheritance can be manually disabled in each space by managers of those spaces.

Download presets are organized in Categories.

For more, see About: Chorus download catalogs.

First, open the site download catalog

1. Click Admin at the top of Chorus and sign in to elevate.

2. Choose Presets > Downloads from the Admin menu. The Download Catalog for Site modal will open.

NOTE: To edit an existing preset, select the preset and click EDIT.
Setting options are seen below.

Step-by-step: Create a download preset

1. Click the plus icon (top right) to create a new download preset category. An Add Download Category modal will open.



2. Enter a Name and Description for the new preset category, and select a file type from the Type menu. Options here are Image, Audio, Video, and Other. 

3. Click Save, then Close. The new category will appear in the Categories list.


4. Click the plus sign next to Create A Preset to add and customize a preset for the new category.


An Add Download Preset modal will open:


5. Edit the preset as follows:

Common Preset Settings
NameThe name of the download category summarizes its purpose for users. Short and concise is recommended. Eg. ‘Brochure Imagery’
FormatFiles to which this preset is applied will be downloaded in the format selected from this list.
DimensionsEnable the switch to reveal custom width, height, and resolution settings for this preset. 
Image Preset Settings
Color SpaceSelect the color space for downloaded files. For an explanation of this, see What is color space?
Edge Fit

Files to which this preset is applied will be cropped according to this selection:

  • Scale to fit – The image will be reduced until the entire image fits within the specified dimensions. As no padding is added, the downloaded file may be smaller than the specified dimensions. 
  • Crop to fit – The image will be reduced until just one of width or height of the original fits within the equivalent output dimension. The image will be clipped, but the output will always be the size specified. 
Audio File Preset Settings
Audio BitrateFiles to which this download is applied will download with an audio stream at this bitrate. 
Audio Sample RateFiles to which this preset is applied will download with an audio stream sampled at this rate. 
Limit DurationEnable this switch to restrict transcoding to a duration of defined seconds.
Video File Preset Settings
Video BitrateFiles to which this download is applied will download with a video stream at this bitrate. 
Audio BitrateFiles to which this download is applied will download with an audio stream at this bitrate. 
Audio Sample RateFiles to which this preset is applied will download with an audio stream sampled at this rate. 
Limit DurationEnable this switch to restrict transcoding to a duration of defined seconds. 

6. Click Save.


Optional! Add presets to the Download Shortlist

The download shortlist is the list that appears as a dropdown menu whenever the Download action on the right-hand sidebar is clicked. To add a preset to the shortlist:

1. Choose the Shortlist tab in the Download Catalog.
2. Check or un-check Show in list on presets as required.
3. Click Save.


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